Way beyond the clickstream analysis and user tracking that informs online BT methods, there is a larger and much older realm of consumer behavioral research that has become the new hot zone in brand and product marketing....

With 160 million Internet-enabled cell phones already in circulation today, the small screen is clearly ready for prime-time advertising. One of the biggest hurdles advertisers have faced till now, however, has been how to effectively target and deliver ads to that huge audience. Tom Burgess, CEO of Third Screen Media, explains how the age of targeting is finally dawning for mobile.

Is behavioral targeting a "disruptive technology," one that dramatically change the online advertising status quo? Or is it an innovation whose basic impact will be to make the powers-that-be simply more powerful?